Researchers lose research time to grant applications
Researchers and lab teams describe grant applications as mentally taxing, bureaucratic work that takes time away from research; one applicant said the process prevented them from submitting at all. Repeated revisions, strict word limits, funder requirements, and tedious formatting add to the burden. The evidence points to a painful workflow, but does not establish how many applicants would pay for software to improve it.
For academic researchers and grant-writing teams. Mentioned from Oct 2023 to Jul 2026 on Bluesky and Hacker News.
11 different people described this problem in 12 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 5.0/10
- Pain
- 6.7/10
- Frequency
- 9.0/10
- Willingness to pay
- 2.9/10
- Momentum
- 4.7/10
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What people said
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When I first went about writing a grant application, I thought it would be technically easy---I knew the bureaucratic details would be tedious, but otherwise straightforward. Oh boy, I think it was the most mentally taxing, soul crushing work-related task I ever attempted. I failed to submit, by the way
ykonstant on Hacker NewsDec 2024Re-phrasing to fit within word or character limits is certainly something I would pay for! I have often spent more time doing this than writing the original draft, especially for grant applications
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